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Google has YouTube Red (maybe it's called "Premium" now?) which is offered as an ad-free version, with some other benefits such as offline viewing, and I do pay

Google has YouTube Red (maybe it's called "Premium" now?) which is offered as an ad-free version, with some other benefits such as offline viewing, and I do pay for it. So that supports your thesis.

Reedx 8y ago
Same here. It's worth it. It means everything my family and I watch is ad free. YouTube, Netflix, HBO... Well, aside from HBO's preroll ads for themselves. Annoying.
pdonis 8y ago
> Google has YouTube Red...that supports your thesis. I don't want to pay for YouTube. I want to pay for basic Google Search without ads cluttering up every search page.
- gbin 8y ago
  Is Google Contributor what you are looking for? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-ads-now-you-can-pay-google-not-to-see-them-plus-sites-can-charge-ad-blocker-users/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-ads-now-you-can-pay-go...
  - Semaphor 8y ago
    It doesn't seem to include Google in their list of sites? The whole concept sounds interesting but it needs a way better selection of sites, I don't think I've visited any of the few on that list [0]. Also, I'd need tracking disabled as well as the ads. [0] https://support.google.com/contributor/answer/7324995 https://support.google.com/contributor/answer/7324995
  - jlavine 8y ago
    I love this idea, but the only participating websites they list are Popular Mechanics and National Post, making this effectively vaporware for the time being. Launching this service without a significant set of participating sites is ridiculous, and seems to be asking for the service to fail.
  - pdonis 8y ago
    No. As I said, I want basic Google search without ads cluttering up the search page. It would be nice if other websites would stop depending on Google ad revenue as well, but that's a separate issue.
tomp 8y ago
I have Adblock Origin and don't see any ads on YouTube. I wanted to pay for Youtube Premium but 12/month is a bit excessive for offline viewing (which is the only part of YT I use) (and even if I wanted to see their premium content, it's way more expensive than Netflix).

Google has YouTube Red (maybe it's called "Premium" now?) which is offered as an ad-free version, with some other benefits such as offline viewing, and I do pay for it. So that supports your thesis.

Reedx 8y ago

Same here. It's worth it. It means everything my family and I watch is ad free. YouTube, Netflix, HBO... Well, aside from HBO's preroll ads for themselves. Annoying.

pdonis 8y ago

> Google has YouTube Red...that supports your thesis. I don't want to pay for YouTube. I want to pay for basic Google Search without ads cluttering up every search page.

gbin 8y ago
Is Google Contributor what you are looking for? https://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-ads-now-you-can-pay-google-not-to-see-them-plus-sites-can-charge-ad-blocker-users/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/sick-of-ads-now-you-can-pay-go...
- Semaphor 8y ago
  It doesn't seem to include Google in their list of sites? The whole concept sounds interesting but it needs a way better selection of sites, I don't think I've visited any of the few on that list [0]. Also, I'd need tracking disabled as well as the ads. [0] https://support.google.com/contributor/answer/7324995 https://support.google.com/contributor/answer/7324995
- jlavine 8y ago
  I love this idea, but the only participating websites they list are Popular Mechanics and National Post, making this effectively vaporware for the time being. Launching this service without a significant set of participating sites is ridiculous, and seems to be asking for the service to fail.
- pdonis 8y ago
  No. As I said, I want basic Google search without ads cluttering up the search page. It would be nice if other websites would stop depending on Google ad revenue as well, but that's a separate issue.

tomp 8y ago

I have Adblock Origin and don't see any ads on YouTube. I wanted to pay for Youtube Premium but 12/month is a bit excessive for offline viewing (which is the only part of YT I use) (and even if I wanted to see their premium content, it's way more expensive than Netflix).